Drone Companies
Who Flies the New Florida School Defense Drones
Florida schools may soon get a new air force, as News 4 Jax reports. And no, it is not staffed by teachers with pilot licenses. A team of former Navy operators and top drone racers has built a drone system…
Skyrover X1 Black Friday Deal Delivers Mini 4 Pro Performance for $597 as DJI Vanishes from Shelves
The Skyrover X1 Fly More Combo just hit its lowest price ever at $629 on Amazon, a 30% Black Friday discount that stacks with exclusive DroneXL discount codes for DJI Mini 4 Pro equivalent performance under $600. With DJI drones…
The Neo 2: DJI’s Best Starter Drone Just Gets Better (And Funnier?)
292 days ago, on February 8, 2025, I wrote my first article for DroneXL. The name of that article? “THE DJI NEO: THREE DRONES IN ONE?” Today, almost a year after writing that article, I’ve had the DJI Neo 2…
Anduril Altius Drones Crash Twice During Air Force Tests, Ghost Drones Fail Against Russian Jamming
We’ve been tracking Anduril’s meteoric rise for years, from Palmer Luckey’s $1.5 billion funding round to their Fury drone debut at the Paris Air Show. But a devastating Reuters investigation published this week reveals what happens when Silicon Valley hype…
Meet ALPAGU: Turkey’s Backpack Kamikaze Drone That Wants To Crash The Party
Turkey’s drone industry has already turned heads with the Baykar Bayraktar TB2, and the Kizilelma “Red Apple” Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Now it is pushing firepower even closer to the front line with ALPAGU, a tiny, portable kamikaze drone that…
White House Pushes Congress for Drone-Killing Powers, Ted Cruz Calls It a “Power Grab”
The Trump administration is pressuring Congress to grant sweeping new powers to shoot down drones at public events, critical infrastructure, and prisons – and one of the president’s staunchest allies is calling it an “extremely problematic” power grab. I’ve been…
Chinese Drone Maker Secures Record 1,600 Orders at Dubai Airshow as China’s Aviation Tech Conquers New Markets
While US politicians debate whether to ban DJI drones and American operators face a December 23 deadline that could ground their fleets, Chinese drone manufacturers are finding eager buyers elsewhere. Shenzhen-based United Aircraft just secured 1,600 orders for industrial drones…
DJI SkyPixel Contest Returns With $200,000 in Prizes and Oscar-Winning Judge Wally Pfister
DJI and SkyPixel are launching their 11th annual Photo & Video Contest today, bringing Oscar-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister to the judging panel for the first time. The man who shot The Dark Knight and won an Academy Award for Inception…
UK’s DragonFire Laser Destroys Drones At 404 MPH In Historic Test
The United Kingdom just proved laser weapons are no longer science fiction. Britain’s DragonFire laser system destroyed high-speed drones traveling at 650 km/h (404 mph) during live trials at the MOD Hebrides range in Scotland. The successful tests triggered a…
DJI Flip Black Friday Deal: Save $90 On This Revolutionary Compact Drone Before December 23 Deadline
Black Friday has delivered aggressive discounts on the DJI Flip, with the beginner-friendly vlogging drone seeing its first major price cuts since launching in January 2025. Amazon Prime members can now grab the DJI Flip for just $349, down from…
Antigravity A1 Launch Date Locked: World’s First 360 Drone Arrives December 4 as DJI Scrambles to Respond
The world’s first integrated 8K 360-degree drone just got a launch date, and it’s arriving nearly two months earlier than expected. Antigravity has confirmed the A1 will go on sale December 4, 2025 at 9AM EST, accelerating its timeline from…
F-15 Or Phantom Drone? UK Police Chopper Chased At 161 MPH
A UK Police helicopter crew got the scare of their careers over RAF Lakenheath in November 2024. They went up looking for drones. They found something much faster. And much stranger. As The Eurasian Times reported, the National Police Air…